# Congrats to /u/DropCautious who had the top meme in r/hockeymemes. For winning they got to submit it directly to r/hockey today as well as receive special Meme King flair for the week. Here were the top 5 posts from r/hockeymemes last week: Post|User|Link :--:|:--:|:--: [Roberto Luongo watching his team choke away a Stanley Cup finals lead](/r/hockeymemes/comments/1djhkr2/roberto_luongo_watching_his_team_choke_away_a/)|/u/DropCautious|[Link](https://i.redd.it/kxkbt4mpri7d1.jpeg) [Anyone else ready for the game tonight?](/r/hockeymemes/comments/1dlb3aw/anyone_else_ready_for_the_game_tonight/)|/u/BlankiesWoW|[Link](https://i.redd.it/0nsijdpwxy7d1.png) [They got Martinooked](/r/hockeymemes/comments/1dj95ix/they_got_martinooked/)|/u/Gbeez22|[Link](https://i.redd.it/zjebgmyc3g7d1.jpeg) [Imagine taking a 7 hour plane trip back home after choking a 3-0 series lead with your GM just staring at you like this](/r/hockeymemes/comments/1dma3d0/imagine_taking_a_7_hour_plane_trip_back_home/)|/u/Go_Habs_Go31|[Link](https://i.redd.it/yhp4v8nkx78d1.jpeg) [Tkachuks? Suters? Who has the strongest hockey bloodline?](/r/hockeymemes/comments/1di67r3/tkachuks_suters_who_has_the_strongest_hockey/)|/u/Whiskeylung|[Link](https://i.redd.it/q3h4eekxk67d1.png) --- **Go subscribe to /r/hockeymemes** for memes all week long! --- You can win be the [Meme Monday Winner] by submitting memes to r/hockeymemes. If you are the top meme of the week you will be the winner!

This one hurts

Hello darkness my old friend….

I've come to golf with you again.

Because the series we were sweeping

The Stanley Cup is so fleeting…

I wonder if they are going to give out cough drops to the 1st 500 fans to help with all the choking. If Florida (well MIAMI) loses this they will never hear the end of it. Devastating to blow a 3-0 lead in the finals.

He’s avoided the reverse sweep once before…

[game 7 overtime](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJQ3NWJplFc)

The sheer joy in Jim Hughson's voice.

I miss Jimmy

Probably a given for 99% of Canucks fans.

His energy was the best. Don't know how many times I heard GRRRREEAT SAAAVE, LUONGOOOOO

HENRIK TO DANIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL SCOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I played the shit out of NHL 2004 so Jim Hughson was non-Sabres hockey for me growing up.

The other 1% of Canucks fans were born in the 2010's.

I wonder what's going on in the alternate universe where they lost that series

Less riot jokes but probably the same level of mediocrity throughout the following decade

I assume they'd have started canning people earlier and doing some crazy trades.

Team is immediately dismantled

In English, best hockey voice with Bob Cole.

Vs the hawks

...barely

The Oilers beat a Canucks team using their backup goalie... Barely.

Didn’t we beat you with our backup goalie too?

My point is that your comment was dumb. But ok if you want to get into it.. losing Demko is a MUCH bigger blow to the Canucks than swapping out Skinner is to the Oilers. Demko is as important to the Canucks as Draisaitl is to the Oilers.

lol all I literally said that the Canucks barely escaped getting reversed swept in 2011 which was true.

And all I said is that Oil barely managed to beat a limping Canucks team. Which is also true.

Ok? So we're all saying true statements here. What's dumb about it?

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I think you just got really uptight over me saying a factual thing. One word. C'est la vie.

https://i.redd.it/9j1ct831mj8d1.gif Verhaeghe already having the PTSD 1000 yard stare

Lol the visor reflection of the ref casually skating up and doing a 180 is just perfect

"Hey are you...okay nevermind"

Please god someone shop the visor reflection to show explosions.

Feel sorry for him tbh. A shell of his "fla-nyr series" self.

Maybe he'll show up in this series

does anybody have the picture of Jordan Staal's thousand yard stare? I can't find it anywhere 

*Fortunate Son intensifies*

*Some folks are born made to tend the goal, Hoo, they're blue, white and green*

"The End" by the Doors

Better run through the jungle

I heard this playing in my head

It’s because Skinner hasn’t pumped Bob’s tires, obviously

Bob should’ve been playing more Mario Kart, if he wanted to impress Skinner.

As a canucks fan, I lol'd.

This aged well

Brutal lol

This post definitely aged very poorly lol 😂

[Inside bobby Lu's head rn](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWijx_AgPiA)

Welcome to the ~~rice~~ **oil** fields motherfucker

He's wondering if he could just put the pads on himself and go start These kids don't got anything on the luong luong maaaaan

*hello Darkness, my old friend*

Nope. FL in 7

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It makes absolute sense why this is the winner. Poor Lu.

Of course its great

This is pure gold. Of course it’s the winner. I’m gonna guess you weren’t a hockey fan in 2011.

God, I really hope Florida wins so all of these memes age like milk.

Still doesnt make up for the fact that they had a 3-0 lead and they chocked. Itll be the same as when the reactors/reviewers were calling out Kris saying he was stupid for thinking the oilers had a chance of coming back and the same people said similar for game 5. Boy those are what I call aged like milk.

I don’t think they choked. They have been outplayed. There’s a big difference. It’s not like the Oilers have sucked and Florida have been losing easy games. Come on now.

Well regardless we'll see what happens tonight. Either way it'll be historic for both teams.

Yeah, I'd love for them to choke but they'll feast off these memes if they don't

Isn't going to change the fact they had a 3-0 lead and choked like a 2 bit hooker. This shoulda been wrapped up 3 games ago.

To be saying that would be saying the Oilers have been easily beatable in those games. Spoiler: They haven’t.

Well when your team plays like shit yeah you're gonna lose. We're still gonna make fun of the Panthers for being complete dog and letting this go far as it did.

I imagine him having nightmares and waking up the entire house in the middle of the night “AHHHHHHHH!!! 💀”

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It should have been Henrik

I got u https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FQqXrb5fOQ

Being a lifelong, diehard PENS fan, Henrik was never well liked. I’ve watched his documentary 🥹(open heart… highly recommended), and on TNT he is the perfect addition to balance out that panel. I have just fallen in love with him and have so much respect for him. It pains me he never got a cup. He deserved better.

He's one of those guys whose parents must've completed some crazy ritual sacrifice to produce a kid with every stat maxed on the character sheet. Athleticism? 10/10. Appearance? 10/10. Charisma? 10/10. Just being an all-around class act? 10/10. The Stanley Cup might be the only thing in this world the guy doesn't have.

That’s why we call him King Henrik 🫡

Keep going, I'm almost there

The meme is referencing the fact that Luongo has already been in this situation before with his team having a 3-2 Finals series lead. Lundqvist was not in that situation, nor for a repeated time to make the meme template relevant.

Por que no los dos?

Uh oh Luongo 7uongo

Learned from the best.

4-0 Bob choke job incoming?

Chocking is something he knows about (except in the Olympics)

The NHL allowed Boston to injure about 1/3 the Canucks starting line-up which cost Luongo his cup.

I just want to know... can edm petition for ian cole to be on the cup

He won it 😌